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Valentine's Day

With Valentine’s Day drawing close, we propose doing an event that would piqué your residents’ emotions and put them in the mood for the holiday. This romantic poetry event is perfect when paired with a fun, keepsake, craft! Ask your residents to bring along their partners and sweethearts to the event if they wish to as well. Let the community members know that it will be a poetry event so that all the lovers of the written and spoken word can join in the fun. The Poetic Extravaganza Ask your residents to bring in and recite their favorite pieces of romantic poetry. The guests can also bring in poems that they’ve written themselves. ***TIP*** Ask your guests to dedicate a few lines of poetry to someone within the group, to make the event...

Valentine’s Day crafts are perfect for your whole community - from children to retirement age adults. The holiday projects are also easy to tailor to everyone’s tastes. This ensures that your craft is one that all ages will enjoy. Vintage-style materials One way to keep everyone entertained is to incorporate vintage Valentine designs, clipart, and other unique elements in your projects. Vintage valentines are known for offering clever rhymes and messages, while also adding an element of nostalgia. You can use them as stand-alone cards, or mix vintage elements with modern embellishments like glitter glue and pretty scrapbook papers. You can easily find pre-made vintage valentines online to use as templates. You can also search Pinterest for relevant vintage valentine images and ideas. Consider pre-printing out vintage children’s valentines designs for residents to glue to cardstock and...

It’s finally February and this month is all about the L-O-V-E! This week’s resident event idea is to provide the materials for residents to make their own Valentines! The residents can take their Valentines with them to hand-deliver, or offer to mail it for them. Grab a large box, cover it with festive decorations, cut a hole in the top, and allow your residents to place their pre-addressed Valentines inside for you to mail for them- but make sure you mail it with enough time to reach the destination by Valentine’s Day! You could also suggest that they create a Valentine’s Card for their favorite Maintenance Tech, Property Manager, or Leasing Consultant (hint, hint!). You can gather all of the materials at your local craft store and/or Wal-Mart. Your shopping list should include, but certainly not...

A Valentine Making Party! We went to the craft and dollar stores to get construction paper, stickers, glue, crayons, etc. Residents could come in and design a Valentine card for anyone. We took pictures and did prizes for the cutest card in several age categories. We also had snacks and door prizes.

A Valentine Candy Gram is a great way to get to know your residents. Print and place a candy gram on each resident’s door before Valentine’s Day. On Valentine’s Day, place a large bowl of individually wrapped Valentine inspired candies and chocolates in the leasing office. Place it on table covered with a festive red or pink tablecloth adorned with some Valentine hearts. Set aside some time to be available to meet and greet residents as they come to the office to retrieve the sweet treat of their choice. This is a simple but effective way to connect with your residents.